Except as provided in La. Rev. Stat. 56:171 through La. Rev. Stat. 56:181 and except as to live wild birds kept under permit issued by the secretary, no person shall possess in any year any migratory or resident game bird permitted hereby to be taken or possessed in the open season or have in his possession at any time any other kind of wild bird protected hereby.  The legal possession limits of resident game birds and game quadrupeds may be possessed during the closed season, if they have been legally taken during open season.  

Amended by Acts 1974, No. 717, §1; Acts 1981, No. 736, §1.